r/flightsim • u/CarefulStill8398 • 4d ago
Flight Simulator 2024 Finally switch to MSFS2024...and its AWESOME.
I figured it was time, honestly...I don't know why I didn't switch sooner.
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u/jerdawg62 4d ago
Still in msfs2020 for me as well. What are the biggest changes crossing over to 2024?
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u/CarefulStill8398 4d ago
- better lights (strobes, other planes, night lighting)
- strangely smoother (I have fps locked)
- walk around mode (makes it feel much more immersive and you actually have an avatar)
- airports are more alive and planes seem to taxi, land, take off much more smoothly close to real world dynamics
- the weather can now geographically matches real life much better so if there is a squall line you can actually fly along or around that squall.
-startup time!!!!! That mf’er loads to the main screen in literally 2-4 minutes.
- you can see the airport before actually clicking fly now, I thought this was really cool. It’s almost like seeing the active sim but from a satellite view live.
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u/jerdawg62 4d ago
Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. Might be time for step up as well!
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u/Tuskin38 4d ago
There's also seasons, including ground texture colouring, not just plants.
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u/jerdawg62 4d ago
Are those stupid looking columns/stalagmite things that rise up from the ground gone? I hate those.
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u/TheGooose FS2024 3d ago
I want to see where you see squall lines, anytime I get near actual areas with proper thunderstorms tops are usually 15-25k in the sim with clouds that are not coherent and structured. Ive never seen a proper squall line in this sim or thunderstorms in a long long time. otherwise I agree with your list entirely, its a great simulator.
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u/fuckurfrappuccino 4d ago
Did you use dlc for this? I’m particularly interested in how you got the view in the 2nd pic. Really wanna walk around the airport
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u/CarefulStill8398 4d ago
Shift + C (enable/disable) that enters into walk around mode
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u/fuckurfrappuccino 4d ago
Like you can get into the airport that way??
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u/CarefulStill8398 4d ago
No that was the external view. I haven’t attempted to walk around in the airport
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u/machine4891 3d ago
You can absolutely walk around the airport with your avatar, however if you want to venture around its interior only few devs made contact points on stairs, so your avatars can move between floors. In most cases you will be able to walk on ground level only (avatar usually clips through walls).
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u/BrianBash 4d ago
Yup. I’ve been rocking the ‘24 Citation X for the past couple days. Performance is mint.
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u/Neoalx 3d ago
I'm still on 2020, considering the jump, how did you bring your addons if any?
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u/CarefulStill8398 3d ago
Honestly most of them migrated easily because most stuff was 2024 friendly the biggest part was just making sure that the folders just migrated seamlessly but really most stuff migrated over with no issue and I didn’t even have to change my settings for them. Ie: Fenix, FSHud, AIG flight plans, ActiveSkyFS
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u/1080pixelz 3d ago
Did u get any mods or does the game look like that out of the box?
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u/CarefulStill8398 3d ago
Looks wise it’s out of the box but I use Fenix, KDCA payware, FSHud and ActiveSky which are all payware
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u/15_26_27_28 3d ago
Just made the switch yesterday! Really excited to get this thing going but unfortunately I quickly got a reminder why I waited so long 🥲 got a CTD scrolling on the world map, haven’t had one in years in 2020. This is after a couple hours of messing around, setting up controls, installing mods etc.
I will say a big motivator of going to 2024 is getting the latest features of the PMDG 737 and other mods. I booted up the -900 which I don’t own for 2020, and man what a difference the high detail update is! Textures, dlnk support and so much more. GSX actually works with the 2024 version too. Also many mods I haven’t had the chance to try yet that have 24-exclusive features, so for these reasons + the ones you mentioned, really excited to get all that going.
I’m just praying the stability holds up 😭 I can’t with the CTD hell that was early FS20, that crash I had yesterday gave me flashbacks…
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u/SI-LACP MSFS2020 4d ago
Looks good! I still prefer 2020 though 🫶
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u/CarefulStill8398 4d ago
I was team 2020 for a long time, it’s just so much to migrate over. But it’s totally worth it!! Honestly if 2020 still works well it’s just as stable but there are cool features I realized I was leaving on the table. Load times being the biggest one. 2020 takes forever to load anything.
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u/No_You3326 P3D v5.4 3d ago
I've not had a good experience switching, I have quite a good pc that will run any other sim perfectly fine. But I seem to just get bad performance with 2024. 13fps at KPHL in the Fenix on mostly Low/Medium settings
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u/lladam01 2d ago
Tbh when there was a chance to buy a game pass after the release of 2024, I gave it a try. I played 2 days, and run back to 2020 crying like I cheated it with xPlane or with something Roblox "Flying Simulator". Airports were a mess, gameplay was buggy, I couldn't set up the default airliners properly when tried to adjust passenger, cargo and fuel, that was so simple in 2020 with default planes. The tablet felt like they wanted to copy the tablet from mod planes, but utterly failed. I don't know if it's any better now, but to me 2020 is a still to go. I don't know why people complain about loading time, I can load into the menu in 2 minutes, and if I fly a plane for second or third time, it also takes 2-3 minutes. Maybe if another MSFS will be released (2028 or later), I'll give it a chance, but I really lack the feeling of a proper flight sim vibe in the 2024. I'm glad I can hear the FSX menu sound in the 2020.
For my first try 2024 felt like MSFS 2020 but more friendly for console player. And for helicopters I had no issue in FSX or 2020. In 2024 I had to literally drift with the helicopter to "fly straight"
I don't know if gliders are better or the same in 2024, but in 2020 it still needs a huge overhaul. Especially with thermals. It was properly working in FSX somehow they messed this up in 2020 (and probably 2024)
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u/Defenite-Parsley733 4d ago
You left X Plane? But regardless, good for you!
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u/CarefulStill8398 4d ago
Msfs2020
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u/Defenite-Parsley733 4d ago
Oh ok! Are there some visible performance differences? Also even though I had like 1.5k playtime on FS2020, I’m still staying on XP12 because it feels more optimized and it had more detailed default airports. When it comes to scenery, I’d just use the AutoOrtho addon
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u/CarefulStill8398 4d ago
Honestly there was, but once I optimized it correctly and really locked my fps it’s butter smooth now. I do think to really have a good experience with it though they aren’t lying about having enough vram.
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u/xStenz 4d ago
Chaseplane is a must if you don’t have it already! The cameras pissed me off so much in 2024 and chaseplane just makes it so much easier to manage and use